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to_o take_v away_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o disposition_n from_o the_o person_n substitute_n which_o it_o give_v not_o nihil_fw-la tam_fw-la naturale_fw-la say_v the_o law_n quam_fw-la eo_fw-la genere_fw-la quidque_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la quo_fw-la colligatum_fw-la est_fw-la l._n 35._o ff_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr since_o then_o the_o child_n owe_v not_o their_o succession_n here_o to_o the_o civil_a law_n but_o to_o the_o will_n of_o the_o disponer_n the_o law_n shall_v not_o by_o its_o fiction_n take_v away_o what_o be_v not_o at_o first_o the_o effect_n of_o its_o liberality_n in_o the_o case_n where_o the_o law_n allow_v fiction_n it_o allow_v they_o only_o for_o to_o strengthen_v natural_a equity_n and_o not_o to_o overturn_v it_o and_o by_o the_o definition_n give_v of_o it_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v indubitatae_fw-la falsitatis_fw-la pro_fw-la veritate_fw-la assumptio_fw-la in_fw-la casu_fw-la possibili_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la justa_fw-la causa_fw-la proveniens_fw-la ad_fw-la inducendum_fw-la juris_fw-la effectum_fw-la equitati_fw-la naturali_fw-la non_fw-la repugnantem_fw-la jason_n ad_fw-la l._n si_fw-la be_v ff_n de_fw-fr usucap_n upon_o which_o definition_n no_o subsumption_n can_v be_v found_v here_o for_o not_o only_o be_v not_o this_o in_o casu_fw-la possibili_fw-la because_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o a_o person_n can_v be_v both_o dead_a and_o alive_a at_o once_o and_o that_o child_n shall_v be_v and_o not_o be_v verum_fw-la est_fw-la neque_fw-la pacta_fw-la neque_fw-la stipulationes_fw-la factum_fw-la posse_fw-la tollere_fw-la quod_fw-la vero_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la neque_fw-la pacto_fw-la neque_fw-la stipulatione_fw-la potest_fw-la comprehendi_fw-la l._n 32._o ff_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr but_o it_o be_v also_o repugnant_a to_o justice_n and_o equity_n that_o the_o estate_n destinat_fw-la by_o the_o disponer_n to_o his_o blood-relation_n shall_v be_v take_v from_o they_o and_o give_v otherwise_o then_o he_o will_v have_v 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non_fw-la tamen_fw-la et_fw-la jure_fw-la naturali_fw-la quia_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o naturale_fw-la attinet_fw-la omnes_fw-la homines_fw-la aequales_fw-la sunt_fw-la l._n 32._o ff_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la jur_fw-fr but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o to_o bear_v child_n be_v in_o she_o no_o effect_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n but_o of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o child_n to_o be_v procreate_v by_o she_o will_v be_v her_o child_n by_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n so_o that_o since_o she_o can_v bear_v child_n she_o can_v yet_o fulfil_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o institution_n nor_o can_v she_o be_v debar_v from_o that_o by_o be_v serva_fw-la penae_fw-la at_o least_o her_o child_n can_v see_v they_o be_v not_o condemn_v by_o her_o sentence_n condemnatory_a sentence_n take_v only_o from_o the_o person_n condemn_v what_o may_v belong_v to_o the_o fisk_n for_o it_o substitute_n the_o fisk_n in_o place_n of_o the_o person_n condemn_v but_o it_o take_v not_o from_o he_o what_o can_v 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against_o all_o in_o respect_n particular_n can_v not_o be_v remember_v even_o as_o we_o see_v in_o general_n discharge_v or_o renunciation_n which_o be_v as_o valid_a quoad_fw-la all_o as_o any_o particular_a discharge_n can_v be_v as_o to_o a_o special_a debt_n or_o deed_n and_o since_o this_o general_n discharge_v of_o all_o former_a casualty_n be_v so_o oft_o repeat_v and_o represent_v under_o so_o many_o various_a term_n which_o can_v signify_v nothing_o if_o they_o do_v not_o express_v the_o exuberant_a will_n and_o inclination_n of_o the_o prince_n to_o denude_v himself_o and_o secure_v his_o vassal_n against_o all_o former_a casualty_n as_o well_o marriage_n as_o other_o and_o this_o clause_n be_v equivalent_a to_o that_o clause_n speak_v of_o by_o the_o doctor_n quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la vacet_fw-la which_o comprehend_v omnem_fw-la modum_fw-la vacandi_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la formas_fw-la excogitabiles_fw-la renunciationis_fw-la cap._n consil_n 14._o 2._o general_a clause_n 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